| 食盐 | shí yán | edible salt |
| 盐酸 | yán suān | hydrochloric acid HCl |
| 盐 | yán | salt; CL:粒 |
| 硅酸盐 | guī suān yán | silicate |
| 无机盐 | wú jī yán | inorganic salt |
| 盐水 | Yán shuǐ | Yanshui town in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan |
| 硫酸盐 | liú suān yán | sulfate |
| 磷酸盐 | lín suān yán | phosphate |
| 盐碱地 | yán jiǎn dì | saline soil |
| 碳酸盐 | tàn suān yán | carbonate salt (chemistry) |
| 硝酸盐 | xiāo suān yán | nitrate |
| 钾盐 | jiǎ yán | potassium chloride KCl |
| 海盐 | Hǎi yán | Haiyan county in Jiaxing 嘉兴, Zhejiang |
| 盐湖 | yán hú | salt lake |
| 酸式盐 | suān shì yán | acid salt |
| 盐井 | Yán jǐng | Yanjing, common place name; former county 1983-1999, now part of Markam county 芒康县 in Chamdo prefecture, Tibet |
| 盐场 | yán chǎng | saltpan; saltbed |
| 生理盐水 | shēng lǐ yán shuǐ | saline (medicine) |
| 池盐 | chí yán | lake salt |
| 盐卤 | yán lǔ | brine |
| 盐池 | Yán chí | Yanchi county in Ningxia; a saltpan |
| 岩盐 | yán yán | rock salt |
| 盐城 | Yán chéng | Yancheng prefecture level city in Jiangsu |
| 盐山 | Yán shān | Yanshan county in Cangzhou 沧州, Hebei |
| 乙酸盐 | yǐ suān yán | acetate CH3COO- |
| 亚硝酸盐 | yà xiāo suān yán | nitrite |
| 再制盐 | zài zhì yán | refined salt |
| 凌杂米盐 | líng zá mǐ yán | disordered and fragmentary |
| 埔盐 | Bù yán | Puyan township in Changhua county 彰化县, Taiwan |
| 埔盐乡 | Bù yán xiāng | Puyan township in Changhua county 彰化县, Taiwan |
| 察尔汗盐湖 | Chá ěr hàn yán hú | Qarhan salt lake in west Qinghai |
| 氰酸盐 | qíng suān yán | cyanate |
| 浴盐 | yù yán | bath salts |
| 海盐县 | Hǎi yán xiàn | Haiyan county in Jiaxing 嘉兴, Zhejiang |
| 泻盐 | xiè yán | epsom salts |
| 石盐 | shí yán | rock salt |
| 硅酸盐水泥 | guī suān yán shuǐ ní | Portland cement |
| 硫氰酸盐 | liú qíng suān yán | thiocyanate |
| 磷酸盐岩 | lín suān yán yán | phosphorite; phosphate rock |
| 矿盐 | kuàng yán | halite |
| 粗盐 | cū yán | coarse salt; rock salt |
| 酸盐 | suān yán | sulfonate |
| 重碳酸盐 | chóng tàn suān yán | bicarbonate |
| 镁盐 | měi yán | magnesium salt |
| 杂盐 | zá yán | carnallite (hydrated potassium magnesium chloride mineral) |
| 餐桌盐 | cān zhuō yán | table salt |
| 咸盐 | xián yán | salt (colloquial); table salt |
| 碱式盐 | jiǎn shì yán | alkali salt (soda, lye, calcium carbonate etc) |
| 盐井县 | Yán jǐng xiàn | Yanjing former county (1917-1917), now part of Markam county 芒康县 in Chamdo prefecture, Tibet |
| 盐井乡 | Yán jǐng xiāng | Yanjing village, common place name |
